Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

GAMING MACHINE ACT 2004 - SECT 57

    (1)     Each of the following is a ground for disciplinary action against a licensee:

        (a)     the licensee has given information to the commission that was false or misleading;

        (b)     the licensee has failed to give information required to be given under this Act or the Control Act

;

        (c)     the licensee, or an agent or employee of the licensee, has contravened this Act;

        (d)     the licensee is not, or is no longer, an eligible person;

        (e)     for a corporation—an influential person is not an eligible person;

        (f)     for a licence issued to a club—

              (i)     the club has been or is about to be wound up; or

              (ii)     the club has not operated for 3 months or, if the commission approves a longer period, that longer period; or

              (iii)     the club has ceased to be an eligible club;

        (g)     for a licence issued in relation to premises to which an on licence applies—the premises are not being used by people mainly for drinking alcohol;

        (h)     the licensee has been given a reprimand that included a direction and has not complied with the direction;

              (i)     the licensee has failed to pay to the Territory a financial penalty imposed under section 62.

    (2)     In subsection (1) (c), a reference to a "contravention" of this Act includes a reference to the following:

        (a)     a contravention of the Criminal Code

, part 2.4 (Extensions of criminal responsibility) in relation to an offence against this Act or otherwise in relation to this Act;

        (b)     a contravention of the Criminal Code

in relation to a document completed, kept or given, or required to be completed, kept or given, under or in relation to this Act;

        (c)     a contravention of the Criminal Code

in relation to anything done, or not done, under or in relation to this Act.

    (3)     Subsection (1) (f) (ii) does not apply to an approval-holder.

    (4)     The commission may, in writing, approve a period longer than 3 months for subsection (1) (f) (ii) if satisfied that—

        (a)     there is a good reason why the club is not operating; and

        (b)     the club will operate again after the end of the longer period.

    (5)     In this section:

"approval-holder" means a person who holds an in-principle approval for an authorisation certificate issued under section 38D as in force immediately before the Gaming Machine Amendment Act 2024

, section 14 commences.